Familiar Names For Ron

Here’s a link to the on-line Draft Ron Canestrari petition, which is interesting due to some notable names, at least to those around the state Capitol, that are already on it.

Canestrari, D-Cohoes, represents the 106th Assembly District and is Democratic Majority Leader. He’s one of several prominent names who are being tossed about asÂ possible Democratic candidates for the 21st Congressional District being vacated by Mike McNulty next year.Â

The petition founder, Aaron Banks,Â says he’s an ’02 Shaker High graduate who has been a longtime constituent of the Assemblyman.Â He also works for TheÂ One Campaign anti-poverty group, that is affliated with Bono.

The way he sees it, Canestrari would be a good choice for progressives, andÂ he believes the 21st is reliably Democratic enough that such a politician could safely get elected.
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